Learn to paint with an award-winning watercolor artist in this guide covering watercolor techniques and tips for painting your own nature-inspired paintings. Includes 4 step-by-step watercolor painting projects! Anna’s vibrant, detailed and uplifting watercolors have earned her worldwide recognition. Here, she goes beyond flowers to explore her inspirations from across the natural world, including fruit, birds, and animals. With clarity and warmth, Anna will help you find inspiration, choose scale and composition, see things correctly, and work with discipline and flow until you produce fabulous work of your own. She also covers topics such as:   • How to take reference photographs and paint from them • How to understand color, texture, and form • Anna’s signature 5-stage process, including drawing and color mixing • Choosing paints, paper, and brush techniques • How to practice and stay motivated, including practice exercises • Plus, 4 beautiful nature-inspired watercolor projects!  Packed with advice and inspiring finished pieces, this gorgeous book guides the reader through Anna’s method of working with a variety of beautiful step-by-step projects and exercises. It is suitable for beginners or for more experienced artists looking to refine their style or try some new techniques.